About
Galdino Neto was best known for his work as a practicing physician in Neonatology. Before the art world, Born in Rio de Janeiro, Galdino grew up believing his future in medicine was set in stone. But a trip to the United States and Canada at the age of 15 opened his eyes to the wider world and its possibilities. The challenges of being gay in the earliest times of the AIDS epidemic, the brutality of the darker side of humanity and the beauty and nobility of the human spirit all infused his work and guided his art.
Pudor and desire, thrift and turbulence, sensuality and holiness. Even though at times they seem antagonistic, these are in fact, nuances of the human essence and of Galdino Neto's photographs. With excellent control of light and shadow, the artist brings out strong and sensual characters. Fragile and sensitive, works that mix the realism of photographic modernity with the classic features of paintings by Tenebrist artists.
His images exalt the body and the human psyche from compositions that lead to reflect on the meaning of life, death, sex and equality.
Art Exhibitions:
1- Exhibition - Miami Art Fair -During Art Basel week - Dec 2016
Into Blue Water
2- Exhibition Codes of Faith. Laura I Gallery- London - December 2017
Respect for All
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." These words come to mind when I recall the horrors of the early years of the AIDS epidemics. A time when the only medicine was faith, it fed our hope. Death was our sentence and even compassion was denied to us by most religions, including the Catholic Church. This series is based on the prophets of old. They are one with us. Here, at least in art, they are treated with the same respect and dignity as those who claim to respect life.
3-Exhibition: Art New York. - ADC Art - New York City- April 2017
The Forgotten Leopoldina Train Station
4-Exhibition- ADC Art Gallery- Cincinatti Ohio - June 2017
Real Gabinete Português de Leitura- Rio de Janeiro
5-Exhibition -LGBTQ Miami Gala Art Auction- Miami Beach - October 2015 and 2017
Man in Touch
6-Exhibition- The Sacred and Profane - Escritorio de Arte - Vitoria- Brazil 2019
Solo Exhibition -Selected works
7-Exhibition- The Extend Body - It’s Liquid - London -2020
Ovulum
